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WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1930 – September 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Andrew Wright, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 97 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- September 21, 1930
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 98
- GARY EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · September 20, 1967
- VICTOR PATRICK ANDREOZZILance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY BAIRDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HARDY UPCHURCH JRSergeant · September 21, 1967
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.